Uptake and Evaluation of a Crosslinguistic Nonword Repetition Test in Clinical and Research Contexts.

International journal of language & communication disorders · 2026 · Survey · SLP
Kamila Polišenská, Shula Chiat

A survey of 109 users of the Crosslinguistic Nonword Repetition Test found 92% considered it useful, mostly for screening multilingual children for DLD. It still lacks norms and practical guidance, so treat it as one part of a battery, not a standalone diagnosis.

Key findings

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72% (78/109) of those who had requested the CL-NWR had actually used it, with uptake spread across 32 of the 36 countries where it was requested.

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92% (69/75) of users said the CL-NWR made a useful contribution to their assessment; the most common reasons were contribution to a research study (68%, 47/69), indicating strengths or limitations in phonological processing and memory (58%, 40/69), and indicating risk of DLD (54%, 37/69).

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The most common request for future support was access to case studies or examples (62 respondents), followed by scoring examples or templates (57 respondents) and online training or video demonstrations (40 respondents).

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Single-blind randomized controlled trial. Sixty-four participants were randomized across two intervention arms and assessed at twelve weeks for the primary outcome…

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